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jley Independent ISSOURI VOLUME 2, NO. 30. . ST. JOSEFH, MISSOURI, Thursday, April 17, 1924. FIVE CENTS A COPY M VA1 (LAN'S WORK NEEDED IN EVERYCOMMUNITY Organization Needed Everywhere Because Of Its Devotion To Iligh Ideals; Not Because Of Opposition To Any Race, Or Creed; Is Clearing House Of Fraternal And Christian Ideals. By W. C. Wright, Plainview, Texas This article giving reasons why the Klan should exist has been written for a two-fold purpose. First, it is one of the themes for discussion in the nation-wide educational campaign now being conducted by the Klan. Second, it is an answer to the hundreds and thousands of good men who because they have no Negroes, Jews, Catholics or foreigners in their community, fail to see a reason for the Klan. In the great western plains country of Texas there are comparatively few Negroes, Jews, Catholics and foreigners. Fully ninety per cent of the population are native-born, white, Gentile, Protestant Americans; and a very large percentage of them are of good rmVral character who believe in law enforcement and the tenets of the Christian religion. In view of these facts, we Relieve that to justify the existence of the Klan in this sec tion would prove its necessity in any community in America. The Klan A Vital Necessity We therefore undertake to show that the Klan has a distinctive place to fill, a special work to do, and is a vital necessity in every community. No organization has any right to exist, nor can it lay any just claim to the support of good men, unless it can show that it fills a distinctive place, and performs a specific service to humanity. Money extorted from the people to support an institution that renders no service in return, is a form of theft, and should be frowned upon by all good men. Such an institution is a burden instead of a blessing. t We have often heard it said, "there are but few Negroes, Jews, Catholics and foreigners in ' this community, and we see no need of the Klan." Those who think that the purpose and business of the Klan is to oppose and fie-ht Neeroes, Jews, Catholics and foreigners are sadly mistaken, and have no conception of its ideals and principles. True, we do not ad mit these classes to membership; but we make no fight on races or re ligions. . Masons do not admit men who have lost an arm or a leg; but Masons are not fighting cripples. They simply demand that a man must be sound in boiiy to be eligible to membership. We do not believe that the Negro is fighting the white race because he excludes the white man from his secret orders: or that the Jew is fighting Christians because he excludes them from the B'nai B'rith; or that Catholics are fighting Prot estants simply because they exclude them from the Knights of Columbus. They have a perfect right to name these conditions of membership. Since the Klan is not fighting races or religions, the presence of these elements fn a community does not justify the existence of the Klan, neither does their absence prove that it is unnecessary. First, it should be renembered that the Klan is. a national organization and deals with nation-wide problems, as well as local conditions. Even if its activities were entirely local it could not be truly said of any community, "we have no need of a Klan here." But since every community should be vitally interested in the public welfare of the nation as a whole, and each one has special conditions with which the Klan deals, it cannot be truthfully stated of any place -that there is no need of an organization that has to do with national problems and seeks to improve national as well as local conditions. Most of our -problems are of national scope and directly concern every community in America. Of Interest To Every Citizeir Take, for instance, white supre macy, law enforcement, free public schools, education, Christianity, constitutional rights of citizenship, pro tection of the home, chastity of womanhood, separation of church and state, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the development of character; all tlese are not only local, but national problems as well, which should demand the activeco-operation and fearless support of all gol citizens everywhere. Every citizen should be vitally and actively interested in the fundamental principles of Americanism American ideals and institutions irrespective, of any local needs or dangers. If these great principles are attacked or endangered in any locality, EX-PLOUGH HORSE GRAND NATIONAL WINNER The second largest annual sporting event in the world, the Grand National Steeplechase, was won at odds of 25 to 1 by Master Robert II, owned ry Lord Aarlie, a horse which had seen service as a plough horse. The horse is eleven years old. When he was first run he failed to prove any good and was withdrawn from racing meets. But the way Master Robert covered the four miles and 856 yards, over fence, and stone and water jump j loved him a born steeplechaser. 0 CAMPAIGN NOW UNDER WAY CANDIDATES WILL PUT IN A HARD BATTLE BEFORE AUGUST PRIMARIES iln decided contrast to the civic election which have recently been held, the contest for county offices will be a long and probably hard fought battle. The civic election was l ard fought but the actual campaigning was only for a brief period. So far, however, a good number have already filed for the various offices which are to be filled in the county although the primaries are not to be held until August 5. A number more candidates will doubtless file for the various offices before primary time and it is impos sible to compile a complete list at present. The following, however, are among those who have definitely en tered the race and who are already campaigning for support: For Sheriff: George Kellogg, Re publican, day jailer under William H. Kueker; Cleveland S. Morgan, Democrat, deputy in Ferril's office; Wil-'liam Blevins, Republican, deputy under William H. Kueker; and William T. Wheeler, Democrat, secretary of the Lake Contrary Reclamation association and manager of the Lotus club. For Auditor: James Wells, Democrat, deputy county auditor and Walter Seymour, Democrat. For Constable: W. L,- Smith, Democrat, present constable in Washington county is running for re-election and; so far, is opposed by Charles H. Cline, Democrat, deputy constable under Constable Hatfield. Close to thirty 'others have been ir.entioned'as probable candidates for the various offices which are to be filled and many more filings can be expected for the offices already mentioned. iH E 1 asier-Auav Of Great Lessons fKLANSMEN ATTACKED IN LILLY. PA., RIOT Disturbance Which Resulted In Loss of Life Started By Klan Enemies (Continual on Page Four.'i Lilly, Pa. The rioting here which culminated in the death of two and the serious injury of a number of others was stirred up by factions which are utterly opposed to the Knights of the Ku, Klux Klan. Klans-men came to Lilly for the purpose of celebrating and burned a Fiery Cross in a field near the town. During the time of the celebration and up until the time the Klan train pulled out the lights of the town were turned out to cover the attack upon the Klan which was carried out. The Klansmen marched in an orderly manner on the way back to the train, paying no attention to the jeers and curses that were hurled at them from the sidelines. When the marchers neared the station, a group ef men ran from a side street with a section of fire hose, attached it to a fire plug and turned on the water. The forceful stream struck into the ranks and one Klansman ran over to the nozzle and gave physical battle to the men directing the stream. It was at this time that the first sTiot was fired by the enemy and the first Klansman struck. Fighting then be came general. Participants declare that the hottest of the battle lasted for only a few minutes and that the Uirge crowds dispersed immediately when the Klansmen, defended themselves.Floyd Paul, Protestant, (though not a Klansman) who hauled the wooden cross to the Klan's meeting place, was shot to death as he watched the riot from the sidewalk, it is declared. The SEEKING THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD. Through the history of the world the nature of man has remained unchanged in many essential details. When Jesus walked the eartk there were men of just about the same kind as there are today. There were men who saw only the superficial significance of things and there were others who could quickly grasp the buried meaning and importance of events. . Look to the New Testament and notice the varying manner in which the crusifixion and resurrection of Christ is told by the different Apostles. There you will find an accurate measure of the degree of penetration of the great thinkers of that time. Today you can find almost perfect examples of the same types of manhood as illustrated in the telling of that story by Matthew arid by Luke. Matthew saw the dramatic side of the resurrection. To him it was a great vivid adventure and he gloried in the spectacular symbolism. Here is the way he told the story. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And behold there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, 'Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was cruci fied. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come see the place where the Lord lay.' ' And one can imagine the way Matthew gloried in the thoughts of that scene. "Come," he fays "see the place where the Lord lay." True his next sentence tells of the sending of the women to bear the message to the other disciples of Jesus. But the first thought was to glance at the spot where a Savior had lain as a dead man and from which he had risen to sit on the right hand of God. Luke did not tell any such tale of dallying. In his story of the resurrection he tells about the women coming to the sepulchre, tells of their amazement in finding the tombstone rolled away and their surprise when they did not find the body of Jesus there. And then, as they stood there It came to pass as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold two men stood by them in shining garments: and as they were afraid and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, 'Why seek ye the living among the dead ? He is not here, but he is risen.' To Luke there was but one meaning to the resurrection. The Savior whom he had worshipped was still a living reality, was still to be worshipped. The moment of seeming death between the time when Christ hung on the cross and when he rose again meant nothing to him. The spot where Christ had lain for a few brief hours did not count in his life. Christ lived. What other part of life fas worthy of even passing consideration in view of this momentous fact. Now, as then, there are many who worship at the shrine of Christ crucified. Now, as then, is there need for the men who go forward, devoting their lives to work in the service of a living Christ. If I EXPERTS OFFER NEW CHANCEJO GERMANY Germans Enabled To Regain Standing in European Affairs; Asked To Accept No Greater Hardship In Meeting Reparations Than Other People In Europe Already Experiencing. LOVE AND INTRIGl'K FORM OPERA PLOT Richard Strauss, tne famous cumposer, recently completed a now opera which he has called Intermezzo. The plot, Strauss says, is based upon a personal experience which nearly wrecked his home. Fr.m Strauss, he explains, happened to open one of his 'letters which seemed to show him guilty of conducting an intrigue, with another woman. Some days later another man admitted that lie had been usirnr Strauss' name in an af fair of his own and Strauss ail" his wile were reconciler CATHOLICS KEPT OFF SCHOOL BOAR BASIS NOW THOMAS Thomas, called Diiiymus, one of the twelve disciples, was not with the others in Galilee when they gathered to , hail their risen Savior. When he came back to the group, after the vi.it of Jesus, he lioiilited the stories that they told him. listened to their account of a glorified Christ soon to sit on the right hand of God, heard the story of the stone rolled back from the grave by angels, was told tiie full beautiful vivid and glorious story of the resur-; rection and yet he doubted. He sat hack a little from the group and wondered what had happened to his usually level headed associates. Their talk of glories grew too much for them. He! KLAN INTENTION TO KEEP had to make some retort to all their efforts to persuade' BODY ON AMERICAN him so he said Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. It was only eight days till the doubt of Thomas was turned into perfect belief. Jesus again stood be-for the disciples and he called to Thomas and had him step forward to thrust his hand into his side and to feel the wounds inflicted by the nails. And Jesus said to Thomas "Be not faithless, but believing." Thomas suddenly realized the error of his scepticism and answered "My Lord and my God." Then Jesus, addressing Thomas, spoke the great lesson of the resurrection: Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou Jj hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. The children of Thomas Jive on. In many circles they sit back and scorn those who tell the beautiful story of a Christ who lived, was crucified, and rose again from the grave to sit on the right hand of God. The sons of Thomas sit and say "Show me. Where is this Christ? What can I know of him?" Such children of the great doubter can understand the wonders of the re-birth of nature in the spring, though the part of nature which blooms dies in the fall and apparently lies dormant through the winter. But they cannot believe in the resurrection of a Christ who is master of the seasons, controller of all the forces of nature. They doubt the son of God. Good Friday and Easter time are, to them, hut symbolic of hot cross buns, flowers, the eggs of Easter with sizzling sides of ham and painted eggs and candy eggs, new suits, new hats, new shoes and all the finery and frippery worn to welcome spring. They scorn the lesson of a Christ crucified. They do not think for a moment of the suffering on the cross. They know naught of a Savior who died to bring them life. The doubt of Thomas was changed to belief in eight brief days. But his children, these motfern Thomases, too often have to wait through a life time before a Savior savs to them "Reach hither tin- finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hands, and thrust them into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. The school board members elected last week took their seats Monday night and for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century there is no Irish Catholic on the board in St. Joseph. That is one achievement the Klan may feel proud of in this city. Running back for nearly twenty years there has been an unbroken chain of Irish Catholics on the school board. First there w-as James Mc-Evoy (brother-in-law of Judge Thomas F. Rvant, David E. Curtain Seldom, if ever, has an unofficial report been presented with such significance to the world as a whole as that recently submitted by the com-; mittee of financial experts to the , reparations commission. By means . of it there is reason for the highest hope which has been experienced since 1918 of the ultimate adjustment into I economic soundness of the nations of Europe. ! The report, which is known as the ' Dawes report, definitely settled sev-; eial points which have been discussed : in a cursory and unsatisfactory man-, rier ever since the end of the war. I In the first place the committee I agreed with the claim of France and i other of the allies, that Germany has ample resources with which to pay reparations. Further, the experts j-greed that a minimum normal payment would, be 2.500.000,000 marks per year. For a four-year restoration "'riod the experts advise minor payments.Excepting the two factors of Germany's unbalanced budget and her unstable currency, the country was found in a reasonably sound condition. In the report these factors were recognized and the following recommendations form the basis of a planned settlement. 1. To meet the demands of the Treaty of Versailles the stabilization of currency is Germany's primary need. A new bank of income should he set up with a stable coin unit. 2. Within the limits of her capacity Germany must pay her external treaty obligations. A sliding scale of payments is provided, beginning with 1.000,000,000 marks the first year. 3. By means of an index of prosperity Germany's creditors are to yant, lavill LUrlam I M,ln, in tVio Iram-m-orvimt r,f Vior nrc. and Steve Toohey. Toohey's retire-1 perity. ment this week makes the passing of j 4. A forejSTl loan of 800,000,000 this influence sure for the next two marks is recommended to meet the years at least. j requirements of the new bank. Under the old method of "hand-j 5. Treaty charges will be paid from ; picking" the school directors, the j three sources railway and industrial ' school directors, the Irish Catholics ! debentures and taxes, j always managed to keep their hold I 6. A control organization Cjtisist-on the board. There were enough : ing of a trustee for railway and in-i Irish in the Democratic City Conven-j dustrial bonds; three commissioners ; tion to nominate one of their crowd j for the bank, controlled revenues and j for school director. Then, under the j the railways and an agent for repara-i old "Bi-partisan" method, the Repub-j tions payments. hcan Convention simply endorsed the! ihe plan m its entirety is notable In the end, perhaps, the Christ wdiose resurrection we commemorate on Easter probably extends the chance to see the wounds to gaze upon the scars, to even the most doubtful Thomas before he is called upon to leave the world. But what glorv it would be if the children of Thomas could see, without waiting to be shown the wounds, the glory and the blessing that comes to them as the resurrected Savior said "that have not seen, and yet have believed." fry I 1 mm wmf other person killed was Philip T. Conrad, Catholic . Three Klansmen lie slightly wounded in Memorial hospital, Johnstown. Klansmen are being held in Cambria county jail at Johnstown on charges of carrying concealed weap ons, riot and murder. Leaders of the attack by the Lilly townspeople are being held in the Edensburg jail. Immediately afterthe riot the imperial representative, acting -Grand Dragon, of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Pennsylvania, sent investigators to the scene and in an official statement he confirmed the claim that the Klansmen were in no way responsible for the trouble; they were attacked without reason. It is said that the incited foreign-born element which dominates the mines in and about Lilly will cause a great deal more trouble and Protestants in the community are said to be in danger. j AMERICAN LEGION IN IMMIGRATION FIGHT It will be good news to Klansmen to hear that the American Legion has joined in the fight on the immigration question. The Legion agrees upon the desirability of absolute stoppage, demands the strictest possi ble limitatn, according to an article in the April issue of the American Federationist. "The joining of these two forces, viz., the American Federation of Labor and the American Legion to combat propaganda for unrestricted immigration is offered as an indication of the fact that the great masses of American people are entirely out of sympathy with the attacks being levelled at the Johnson bill or at any proposal to restrict the, inflow of Europeans," said a statement from the Federation. Commander Quinti declares the melting pot has becairte impotent and that in order to keep America a true democracy, "we should suspend immigration for whatever period may he necessary until we provide machinery to teach immigrants how to live up to the American standards of living, to our ideals and oifr traditions."Samuel Gompers, President of the .American Federation of Labor, says: "America must not be overwhelmed. Every effort to enact immigration legislation must expect to meet a number of hostile forces, and in particular, two hostile forces of considerable strength. These are composed of corporation employers who desire to employ physical strength at the lowest possible wage and the racial groups in the United States who oppose all restrictive legislation because they want the doors left open for an influx of their countrymen regardless of the menace to the people of their adopted country." I. K. H. name on the Republican ticket along with the regular Republican candidate. In that way the people were prevented from defeating the Irish nominee. There wasn't anybody else to vote for. No wonder the Romanists liked the plan. The Irish Catholics knew they couldn't hang onto their influence in the school board if the voters ever got a chance to express their choice. That has been one of the big influences back of the fight to stick to the old un-American plan of "hand-picking" our school directors. The Catholics won't send their children to our public schools, but they want to have a hand in running our schools for us. They are always trying to slip in persons of their faith to act as teachers for our boys and girls. It is strange how long a community like this has stood for that sort of thing. It is remarkable how many Prot-c tants in St. Joseph have been fighting to keep on following the old plan of "hand-picking" our school di rectors. They don't seem to realize that the Catholics never could have kept their foothold on the 'school board any other way. If we go back to the old plan two years from now, you will probably see the Democrats put another Catholic back on the school board. The Democrats didn't dare to try it this spring because their candidate had to run against some other candidate, and they knew a Catholic couldn't get enough votes to win. C. E.- T. KLAN AND I. O. O. F. TO ERECT BUILDING It is reported that the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will join forces with the Odd Fellows of Stigler, Oklahoma, in erecting a fine home for the two organizations. Plans have been made for the erec tion of a two-story" structure in the business part of town. The building will have a fifty-foot front, and will be one hundred feet in length. It is intended to use the second floor of the building for a Klavern and lodge hall and to provide space for business purposes on the ground floor. . It is thought that work will be begun on the hall within the next sixty days. I. K. H. Is your subscription paid up? as a sound business treatment of a business problem. In its simplicity it covers almost every phase of the question of reparations which was within the scope of the committee's consideration. No startling suggestions were brought forward. Several international economists suggested the same program about four years ago. The importance of the plan lies in the present mental attitude of the German people. There is now a belief that they have suffered so much because of the unsound program they have been following that they will grasp this new suggestion, even though it does seem to work a hardship upon them in some particulars. At this time the German people must accept the plan or, as the Dawes reports says, "take the deliberate choice of a continuance of economic demoralization, eventually involving the German people in hopeless misery." The report places the German people on trial. They have long claimed a desire to meet their obligations provided they could be shown a rea sonable method whereby they could do it. They have now been shown the reasonable method, in fact the only sound method. But there is now great questioning whether the Germans will accept the findings which they themselves invited. The machinery built up is close to perfect but the German people have the power to wreck it. The Dawes report does not attempt to hhte Germany's past derelictions. It shows clearly the evasion of German capital. It shows how Germany has been able to spend billions on her railway and industrial systems in preparation for commercial competition with other nations, all the while protesting that she nad no money with which to meet her recognized obligations. It shows that the only money which has been paid toward reparation obligations has been the product of duping victims in mark speculation, principally Americans. Finally, after showing all the trickery of Germany, all her clever evasion, all the schemes employed to avoid payment of debts which she claimed to recognize, the report points the way for Germany to re-establish herself as a member of a sisterhood of nations, all striving toward the rebuilding of Europe into a once more sound economic structure. Germany (Continued on Page Four.)

jley Independent ISSOURI VOLUME 2, NO. 30. . ST. JOSEFH, MISSOURI, Thursday, April 17, 1924. FIVE CENTS A COPY M VA1 (LAN'S WORK NEEDED IN EVERYCOMMUNITY Organization Needed Everywhere Because Of Its Devotion To Iligh Ideals; Not Because Of Opposition To Any Race, Or Creed; Is Clearing House Of Fraternal And Christian Ideals. By W. C. Wright, Plainview, Texas This article giving reasons why the Klan should exist has been written for a two-fold purpose. First, it is one of the themes for discussion in the nation-wide educational campaign now being conducted by the Klan. Second, it is an answer to the hundreds and thousands of good men who because they have no Negroes, Jews, Catholics or foreigners in their community, fail to see a reason for the Klan. In the great western plains country of Texas there are comparatively few Negroes, Jews, Catholics and foreigners. Fully ninety per cent of the population are native-born, white, Gentile, Protestant Americans; and a very large percentage of them are of good rmVral character who believe in law enforcement and the tenets of the Christian religion. In view of these facts, we Relieve that to justify the existence of the Klan in this sec tion would prove its necessity in any community in America. The Klan A Vital Necessity We therefore undertake to show that the Klan has a distinctive place to fill, a special work to do, and is a vital necessity in every community. No organization has any right to exist, nor can it lay any just claim to the support of good men, unless it can show that it fills a distinctive place, and performs a specific service to humanity. Money extorted from the people to support an institution that renders no service in return, is a form of theft, and should be frowned upon by all good men. Such an institution is a burden instead of a blessing. t We have often heard it said, "there are but few Negroes, Jews, Catholics and foreigners in ' this community, and we see no need of the Klan." Those who think that the purpose and business of the Klan is to oppose and fie-ht Neeroes, Jews, Catholics and foreigners are sadly mistaken, and have no conception of its ideals and principles. True, we do not ad mit these classes to membership; but we make no fight on races or re ligions. . Masons do not admit men who have lost an arm or a leg; but Masons are not fighting cripples. They simply demand that a man must be sound in boiiy to be eligible to membership. We do not believe that the Negro is fighting the white race because he excludes the white man from his secret orders: or that the Jew is fighting Christians because he excludes them from the B'nai B'rith; or that Catholics are fighting Prot estants simply because they exclude them from the Knights of Columbus. They have a perfect right to name these conditions of membership. Since the Klan is not fighting races or religions, the presence of these elements fn a community does not justify the existence of the Klan, neither does their absence prove that it is unnecessary. First, it should be renembered that the Klan is. a national organization and deals with nation-wide problems, as well as local conditions. Even if its activities were entirely local it could not be truly said of any community, "we have no need of a Klan here." But since every community should be vitally interested in the public welfare of the nation as a whole, and each one has special conditions with which the Klan deals, it cannot be truthfully stated of any place -that there is no need of an organization that has to do with national problems and seeks to improve national as well as local conditions. Most of our -problems are of national scope and directly concern every community in America. Of Interest To Every Citizeir Take, for instance, white supre macy, law enforcement, free public schools, education, Christianity, constitutional rights of citizenship, pro tection of the home, chastity of womanhood, separation of church and state, liberty, the pursuit of happiness, and the development of character; all tlese are not only local, but national problems as well, which should demand the activeco-operation and fearless support of all gol citizens everywhere. Every citizen should be vitally and actively interested in the fundamental principles of Americanism American ideals and institutions irrespective, of any local needs or dangers. If these great principles are attacked or endangered in any locality, EX-PLOUGH HORSE GRAND NATIONAL WINNER The second largest annual sporting event in the world, the Grand National Steeplechase, was won at odds of 25 to 1 by Master Robert II, owned ry Lord Aarlie, a horse which had seen service as a plough horse. The horse is eleven years old. When he was first run he failed to prove any good and was withdrawn from racing meets. But the way Master Robert covered the four miles and 856 yards, over fence, and stone and water jump j loved him a born steeplechaser. 0 CAMPAIGN NOW UNDER WAY CANDIDATES WILL PUT IN A HARD BATTLE BEFORE AUGUST PRIMARIES iln decided contrast to the civic election which have recently been held, the contest for county offices will be a long and probably hard fought battle. The civic election was l ard fought but the actual campaigning was only for a brief period. So far, however, a good number have already filed for the various offices which are to be filled in the county although the primaries are not to be held until August 5. A number more candidates will doubtless file for the various offices before primary time and it is impos sible to compile a complete list at present. The following, however, are among those who have definitely en tered the race and who are already campaigning for support: For Sheriff: George Kellogg, Re publican, day jailer under William H. Kueker; Cleveland S. Morgan, Democrat, deputy in Ferril's office; Wil-'liam Blevins, Republican, deputy under William H. Kueker; and William T. Wheeler, Democrat, secretary of the Lake Contrary Reclamation association and manager of the Lotus club. For Auditor: James Wells, Democrat, deputy county auditor and Walter Seymour, Democrat. For Constable: W. L,- Smith, Democrat, present constable in Washington county is running for re-election and; so far, is opposed by Charles H. Cline, Democrat, deputy constable under Constable Hatfield. Close to thirty 'others have been ir.entioned'as probable candidates for the various offices which are to be filled and many more filings can be expected for the offices already mentioned. iH E 1 asier-Auav Of Great Lessons fKLANSMEN ATTACKED IN LILLY. PA., RIOT Disturbance Which Resulted In Loss of Life Started By Klan Enemies (Continual on Page Four.'i Lilly, Pa. The rioting here which culminated in the death of two and the serious injury of a number of others was stirred up by factions which are utterly opposed to the Knights of the Ku, Klux Klan. Klans-men came to Lilly for the purpose of celebrating and burned a Fiery Cross in a field near the town. During the time of the celebration and up until the time the Klan train pulled out the lights of the town were turned out to cover the attack upon the Klan which was carried out. The Klansmen marched in an orderly manner on the way back to the train, paying no attention to the jeers and curses that were hurled at them from the sidelines. When the marchers neared the station, a group ef men ran from a side street with a section of fire hose, attached it to a fire plug and turned on the water. The forceful stream struck into the ranks and one Klansman ran over to the nozzle and gave physical battle to the men directing the stream. It was at this time that the first sTiot was fired by the enemy and the first Klansman struck. Fighting then be came general. Participants declare that the hottest of the battle lasted for only a few minutes and that the Uirge crowds dispersed immediately when the Klansmen, defended themselves.Floyd Paul, Protestant, (though not a Klansman) who hauled the wooden cross to the Klan's meeting place, was shot to death as he watched the riot from the sidewalk, it is declared. The SEEKING THE LIVING AMONG THE DEAD. Through the history of the world the nature of man has remained unchanged in many essential details. When Jesus walked the eartk there were men of just about the same kind as there are today. There were men who saw only the superficial significance of things and there were others who could quickly grasp the buried meaning and importance of events. . Look to the New Testament and notice the varying manner in which the crusifixion and resurrection of Christ is told by the different Apostles. There you will find an accurate measure of the degree of penetration of the great thinkers of that time. Today you can find almost perfect examples of the same types of manhood as illustrated in the telling of that story by Matthew arid by Luke. Matthew saw the dramatic side of the resurrection. To him it was a great vivid adventure and he gloried in the spectacular symbolism. Here is the way he told the story. In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre. And behold there was a great earthquake: for the angel of the Lord descended from Heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door and sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning, and his raiment white as snow: and for fear of him the keepers did shake and became as dead men. And the angel answered and said unto the women, 'Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was cruci fied. He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come see the place where the Lord lay.' ' And one can imagine the way Matthew gloried in the thoughts of that scene. "Come," he fays "see the place where the Lord lay." True his next sentence tells of the sending of the women to bear the message to the other disciples of Jesus. But the first thought was to glance at the spot where a Savior had lain as a dead man and from which he had risen to sit on the right hand of God. Luke did not tell any such tale of dallying. In his story of the resurrection he tells about the women coming to the sepulchre, tells of their amazement in finding the tombstone rolled away and their surprise when they did not find the body of Jesus there. And then, as they stood there It came to pass as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold two men stood by them in shining garments: and as they were afraid and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, 'Why seek ye the living among the dead ? He is not here, but he is risen.' To Luke there was but one meaning to the resurrection. The Savior whom he had worshipped was still a living reality, was still to be worshipped. The moment of seeming death between the time when Christ hung on the cross and when he rose again meant nothing to him. The spot where Christ had lain for a few brief hours did not count in his life. Christ lived. What other part of life fas worthy of even passing consideration in view of this momentous fact. Now, as then, there are many who worship at the shrine of Christ crucified. Now, as then, is there need for the men who go forward, devoting their lives to work in the service of a living Christ. If I EXPERTS OFFER NEW CHANCEJO GERMANY Germans Enabled To Regain Standing in European Affairs; Asked To Accept No Greater Hardship In Meeting Reparations Than Other People In Europe Already Experiencing. LOVE AND INTRIGl'K FORM OPERA PLOT Richard Strauss, tne famous cumposer, recently completed a now opera which he has called Intermezzo. The plot, Strauss says, is based upon a personal experience which nearly wrecked his home. Fr.m Strauss, he explains, happened to open one of his 'letters which seemed to show him guilty of conducting an intrigue, with another woman. Some days later another man admitted that lie had been usirnr Strauss' name in an af fair of his own and Strauss ail" his wile were reconciler CATHOLICS KEPT OFF SCHOOL BOAR BASIS NOW THOMAS Thomas, called Diiiymus, one of the twelve disciples, was not with the others in Galilee when they gathered to , hail their risen Savior. When he came back to the group, after the vi.it of Jesus, he lioiilited the stories that they told him. listened to their account of a glorified Christ soon to sit on the right hand of God, heard the story of the stone rolled back from the grave by angels, was told tiie full beautiful vivid and glorious story of the resur-; rection and yet he doubted. He sat hack a little from the group and wondered what had happened to his usually level headed associates. Their talk of glories grew too much for them. He! KLAN INTENTION TO KEEP had to make some retort to all their efforts to persuade' BODY ON AMERICAN him so he said Except I shall see in his hands the print of the nails, and put my finger into the print of the nails, and thrust my hand into his side, I will not believe. It was only eight days till the doubt of Thomas was turned into perfect belief. Jesus again stood be-for the disciples and he called to Thomas and had him step forward to thrust his hand into his side and to feel the wounds inflicted by the nails. And Jesus said to Thomas "Be not faithless, but believing." Thomas suddenly realized the error of his scepticism and answered "My Lord and my God." Then Jesus, addressing Thomas, spoke the great lesson of the resurrection: Thomas, because thou hast seen me, thou Jj hast believed: blessed are they that have not seen, and yet have believed. The children of Thomas Jive on. In many circles they sit back and scorn those who tell the beautiful story of a Christ who lived, was crucified, and rose again from the grave to sit on the right hand of God. The sons of Thomas sit and say "Show me. Where is this Christ? What can I know of him?" Such children of the great doubter can understand the wonders of the re-birth of nature in the spring, though the part of nature which blooms dies in the fall and apparently lies dormant through the winter. But they cannot believe in the resurrection of a Christ who is master of the seasons, controller of all the forces of nature. They doubt the son of God. Good Friday and Easter time are, to them, hut symbolic of hot cross buns, flowers, the eggs of Easter with sizzling sides of ham and painted eggs and candy eggs, new suits, new hats, new shoes and all the finery and frippery worn to welcome spring. They scorn the lesson of a Christ crucified. They do not think for a moment of the suffering on the cross. They know naught of a Savior who died to bring them life. The doubt of Thomas was changed to belief in eight brief days. But his children, these motfern Thomases, too often have to wait through a life time before a Savior savs to them "Reach hither tin- finger, and behold my hands; and reach hither thy hands, and thrust them into my side: and be not faithless, but believing. The school board members elected last week took their seats Monday night and for the first time in nearly a quarter of a century there is no Irish Catholic on the board in St. Joseph. That is one achievement the Klan may feel proud of in this city. Running back for nearly twenty years there has been an unbroken chain of Irish Catholics on the school board. First there w-as James Mc-Evoy (brother-in-law of Judge Thomas F. Rvant, David E. Curtain Seldom, if ever, has an unofficial report been presented with such significance to the world as a whole as that recently submitted by the com-; mittee of financial experts to the , reparations commission. By means . of it there is reason for the highest hope which has been experienced since 1918 of the ultimate adjustment into I economic soundness of the nations of Europe. ! The report, which is known as the ' Dawes report, definitely settled sev-; eial points which have been discussed : in a cursory and unsatisfactory man-, rier ever since the end of the war. I In the first place the committee I agreed with the claim of France and i other of the allies, that Germany has ample resources with which to pay reparations. Further, the experts j-greed that a minimum normal payment would, be 2.500.000,000 marks per year. For a four-year restoration "'riod the experts advise minor payments.Excepting the two factors of Germany's unbalanced budget and her unstable currency, the country was found in a reasonably sound condition. In the report these factors were recognized and the following recommendations form the basis of a planned settlement. 1. To meet the demands of the Treaty of Versailles the stabilization of currency is Germany's primary need. A new bank of income should he set up with a stable coin unit. 2. Within the limits of her capacity Germany must pay her external treaty obligations. A sliding scale of payments is provided, beginning with 1.000,000,000 marks the first year. 3. By means of an index of prosperity Germany's creditors are to yant, lavill LUrlam I M,ln, in tVio Iram-m-orvimt r,f Vior nrc. and Steve Toohey. Toohey's retire-1 perity. ment this week makes the passing of j 4. A forejSTl loan of 800,000,000 this influence sure for the next two marks is recommended to meet the years at least. j requirements of the new bank. Under the old method of "hand-j 5. Treaty charges will be paid from ; picking" the school directors, the j three sources railway and industrial ' school directors, the Irish Catholics ! debentures and taxes, j always managed to keep their hold I 6. A control organization Cjtisist-on the board. There were enough : ing of a trustee for railway and in-i Irish in the Democratic City Conven-j dustrial bonds; three commissioners ; tion to nominate one of their crowd j for the bank, controlled revenues and j for school director. Then, under the j the railways and an agent for repara-i old "Bi-partisan" method, the Repub-j tions payments. hcan Convention simply endorsed the! ihe plan m its entirety is notable In the end, perhaps, the Christ wdiose resurrection we commemorate on Easter probably extends the chance to see the wounds to gaze upon the scars, to even the most doubtful Thomas before he is called upon to leave the world. But what glorv it would be if the children of Thomas could see, without waiting to be shown the wounds, the glory and the blessing that comes to them as the resurrected Savior said "that have not seen, and yet have believed." fry I 1 mm wmf other person killed was Philip T. Conrad, Catholic . Three Klansmen lie slightly wounded in Memorial hospital, Johnstown. Klansmen are being held in Cambria county jail at Johnstown on charges of carrying concealed weap ons, riot and murder. Leaders of the attack by the Lilly townspeople are being held in the Edensburg jail. Immediately afterthe riot the imperial representative, acting -Grand Dragon, of the Ku Klux Klan, Realm of Pennsylvania, sent investigators to the scene and in an official statement he confirmed the claim that the Klansmen were in no way responsible for the trouble; they were attacked without reason. It is said that the incited foreign-born element which dominates the mines in and about Lilly will cause a great deal more trouble and Protestants in the community are said to be in danger. j AMERICAN LEGION IN IMMIGRATION FIGHT It will be good news to Klansmen to hear that the American Legion has joined in the fight on the immigration question. The Legion agrees upon the desirability of absolute stoppage, demands the strictest possi ble limitatn, according to an article in the April issue of the American Federationist. "The joining of these two forces, viz., the American Federation of Labor and the American Legion to combat propaganda for unrestricted immigration is offered as an indication of the fact that the great masses of American people are entirely out of sympathy with the attacks being levelled at the Johnson bill or at any proposal to restrict the, inflow of Europeans," said a statement from the Federation. Commander Quinti declares the melting pot has becairte impotent and that in order to keep America a true democracy, "we should suspend immigration for whatever period may he necessary until we provide machinery to teach immigrants how to live up to the American standards of living, to our ideals and oifr traditions."Samuel Gompers, President of the .American Federation of Labor, says: "America must not be overwhelmed. Every effort to enact immigration legislation must expect to meet a number of hostile forces, and in particular, two hostile forces of considerable strength. These are composed of corporation employers who desire to employ physical strength at the lowest possible wage and the racial groups in the United States who oppose all restrictive legislation because they want the doors left open for an influx of their countrymen regardless of the menace to the people of their adopted country." I. K. H. name on the Republican ticket along with the regular Republican candidate. In that way the people were prevented from defeating the Irish nominee. There wasn't anybody else to vote for. No wonder the Romanists liked the plan. The Irish Catholics knew they couldn't hang onto their influence in the school board if the voters ever got a chance to express their choice. That has been one of the big influences back of the fight to stick to the old un-American plan of "hand-picking" our school directors. The Catholics won't send their children to our public schools, but they want to have a hand in running our schools for us. They are always trying to slip in persons of their faith to act as teachers for our boys and girls. It is strange how long a community like this has stood for that sort of thing. It is remarkable how many Prot-c tants in St. Joseph have been fighting to keep on following the old plan of "hand-picking" our school di rectors. They don't seem to realize that the Catholics never could have kept their foothold on the 'school board any other way. If we go back to the old plan two years from now, you will probably see the Democrats put another Catholic back on the school board. The Democrats didn't dare to try it this spring because their candidate had to run against some other candidate, and they knew a Catholic couldn't get enough votes to win. C. E.- T. KLAN AND I. O. O. F. TO ERECT BUILDING It is reported that the Knights of the Ku Klux Klan will join forces with the Odd Fellows of Stigler, Oklahoma, in erecting a fine home for the two organizations. Plans have been made for the erec tion of a two-story" structure in the business part of town. The building will have a fifty-foot front, and will be one hundred feet in length. It is intended to use the second floor of the building for a Klavern and lodge hall and to provide space for business purposes on the ground floor. . It is thought that work will be begun on the hall within the next sixty days. I. K. H. Is your subscription paid up? as a sound business treatment of a business problem. In its simplicity it covers almost every phase of the question of reparations which was within the scope of the committee's consideration. No startling suggestions were brought forward. Several international economists suggested the same program about four years ago. The importance of the plan lies in the present mental attitude of the German people. There is now a belief that they have suffered so much because of the unsound program they have been following that they will grasp this new suggestion, even though it does seem to work a hardship upon them in some particulars. At this time the German people must accept the plan or, as the Dawes reports says, "take the deliberate choice of a continuance of economic demoralization, eventually involving the German people in hopeless misery." The report places the German people on trial. They have long claimed a desire to meet their obligations provided they could be shown a rea sonable method whereby they could do it. They have now been shown the reasonable method, in fact the only sound method. But there is now great questioning whether the Germans will accept the findings which they themselves invited. The machinery built up is close to perfect but the German people have the power to wreck it. The Dawes report does not attempt to hhte Germany's past derelictions. It shows clearly the evasion of German capital. It shows how Germany has been able to spend billions on her railway and industrial systems in preparation for commercial competition with other nations, all the while protesting that she nad no money with which to meet her recognized obligations. It shows that the only money which has been paid toward reparation obligations has been the product of duping victims in mark speculation, principally Americans. Finally, after showing all the trickery of Germany, all her clever evasion, all the schemes employed to avoid payment of debts which she claimed to recognize, the report points the way for Germany to re-establish herself as a member of a sisterhood of nations, all striving toward the rebuilding of Europe into a once more sound economic structure. Germany (Continued on Page Four.)